The Executive Committee of the CRES Amateur Radio Club met on Thursday, 16 January 2007. The meeting was held at Donatos Pizzeria, Morse Road and US 62, Gahanna, and was attended by President Bill Erwin/N9CX, Vice President Dave Brown/K8AX, Past President Tricia Kovacs/KC8HIH, Secretary/Treasurer Rob Stampfli/KD8WK, VE Liaison Art Grandle/KD8ZG, Station Trustee Mike Rauh/W8GT, and members Bob Cartwright/W3CRZ, and David Jeffords/K8ON. The meeting was called to order by Bill at 7:15 PM. Bill passed out an agenda for the meeting. First, he proposed that all of the existing directors, except for Carl Yaffey who resigned from the Contest Coordinator (CC) position, be reappointed. There was general agreement among those present for this, but the matter will have to first be approved by the membership at our upcoming general meeting. Next, the committee discussed options for a new Contest Coordinator. Rob indicated he would like to see the whoever was appointed also take on the role of CQWE National Coordinator, also being vacated by Carl. Rob did not want to take the CC role himself as he is already Secretary/Treasurer of the Club, but said he would take the CQWE position if the new CC did not want to do it. Bob Cartwright indicated he would be willing to assume the CC position, but did not want to be CQWE National Coordinator. The committee accepted Bob's offer, and Rob will offer his services separately to the CQWE Committee. Art Grandle motions, and David Jeffords seconds, that the Club make a $20 donation to qsl.net for hosting our CRES-ARC website. The motion carried. Art Grandle said he had been in contact with Mt. Carmel and was working out the details for us to take possession of the tower and antennas on the East side of the front building. We hope to be able to bring this matter to closure later this year. Bob Cartwright proposed sending a letter to the ARES offering our repeater for ARES use during emergencies and ARES events. Bob said he, Stu Steenburg, Andy Eliott, and Carl Yaffey are ARES members. After some discussion, it was agreed that Bob would draft a letter and circulate it to Excomm members for comments and review. Bill expressed that he would like us to move to a bi-monthly general meeting schedule this year. Dave Brown agreed to schedule the first meeting for February. Dave also proposed we keep a list of the past year or two's programs on our website to show we are an active club. He gave the site as an example of a site with a lot of activities listed. The choice of days and dates for the 2007 general meeting was discussed next, with the consensus being to keep the meetings on the third Wednesday of the month, with exceptions for exceptional circumstances made as appropriate. Bill indicated he would like the executive committee to compare the clubs constitution to other radio clubs this year. He agreed to take the lead on this and report back to the committee. If the executive committee feels any changes are indicated they will be put to the membership for approval. Art reported on the repeater: The audio is currently about 8db low and the problem seems to be getting worse. He and Dave Woolf/K8RSP will visit the repeater tomorrow to see if they can identify the problem and fix it. The meeting was adjourned at 8:50 PM. Rob Stampfli/KD8WK CRES-ARC Secretary/Treasurer